IVO wrote:fyi,.no need for sure Scotty,everytime Baldy was going off same group of riders showing up including Jens of course.

IVVOOOOO ya I introduced ole jens to baldy back when you were learning to launch a kite Those pics may be new to you but we have tackled the place for years, between that and mc, or the harbor mouth it IMO puts out is a true contender for the most powerful wave on Lake m.

Its a whole other thing to paddle out there on an sup just as the wind has died. Lets see you get that pic snapshot!

FSP wrote:IVVOOOOO ya I introduced ole jens to baldy back when you were learning to launch a kite

Feels like Im in kindergarten again,,yeah buddy I know that you were there with Jens back in days and to put that girly jibe you throw at me on the right track,actually in that time I wasnt even kiting yet

But you sound quite optimistic,maybe you'll go there again after years when its moving,so far there was~is different group riding that spot .

Kajun Rule #1-Never try to teach a pig to sing.....It wastes your time and it annoys the pig.

I can only imagine how many turns homeboy carved on that face.... might as well be paddling a kayak, canoe, or barge for that matter.........

Seriously, SUP's were made for going downstream with a flyrod in one hand and a Milwaukee's Best in the other.....might as well break out the ol' Windsurfer One Design with a 4 foot removable dagger board, no footstraps and a one-piece teak boom; catch a wave and call it wavesailing!!!!

IVO000 haaa when we gonna see you kite like you write West-if you dont do it then then it does not rIp? you didnt shortboard surf all that time in maui?? whoaaa thats kinda heavy and pretty one of a kind for a wave guru! hmmm? Now how bout some props for the sick drive that sup broooos got dropn huge on that killer wave? thats sik no matter how you home slicers dice it! cut some respect boys!!!

Nah buddy, I got no issues with SUPs...I just don't consider that surfing; just like I don't think a guy who paddles a kayak into a wave is "surfing it".....Surfing requires making the drop into the critical section of the wave, NOT catching a wave crest on the outside while standing up and riding it towards shore..... And yes, I surfed many a wave on MAUI, I just never stood up to paddle into them...

I actually think that riding a SUP on Lake Michigan is quite practical. It looks kewl and is probably a lot of fun for a lot of folks, but I will tell you that when the wind dies and kiters are reaching for their paddles to go out and chase down some waves...I will be grabbing a cold one, and sitting back on the beach to revel in the memories of the kiting day as the horizon grips the sun and squeezes the last bit of light out of the falling orange....

I say "brocrap! And we think kiting has a "drop"? I hear u if u have been out and got some bruises getting a beat down on those weak drops as u say. I can say u would be scared shitless on that baby drop above especially without ur kite! Chk some vids with ur Suds or better yet see where it has gone firsthand. Just this year, the young guns have figure out big air 360s!! Are u kidding? That would missing out huge on bashing something u don't do. It's intense and awesome for kiters when the wind has died. And who gives a sheet about the volume when ur snapping a turn in the same place a shortboarder would-don't make me go posting pics now! Kiters should sup the surf..it's great extended action that will only make u better in the surf. I just spent $2500 on an all carbon wave tool and that's a lot of cash to not be 100% convinced for a kiter who lives da surf!